Chapter 643 - Case Solved (2/2)

None of the portraits they sold were real!

Perhaps they had not even met Princess Olivia in person. Or maybe, they took the liberty to ignore the “erotic adorable” outlook and drew what they believed to be an adult Princess Olivia in the future…

Cahir could not deny that Olivia’s face was beautiful for a young girl. Such beauty did not provoke the urge to reproduce with her but instead, to protect her from harm.

Cahir was a self-proclaimed righteous knight. Even as an invader of Cintra Kingdom, his mission was not to kill, but to protect.

He was glad when he confirmed Princess Olivia was not dead but merely unconscious. The next thing he did was to find out why this princess had been left in such a state.

There was a sorceress in his elite division. She was an apprentice of the great sorceress of Nilfgaardian Empire, Assire var Anahid.[2] Cahir’s mother, Mawr was the niece of Assire. [3] Indirectly, Assire Var Anahid could be considered his grandmother.

Assire var Anahid was famous for her capabilities as a palace sorceress of the Nilfgaadrian Empire. She was featured in Gwent. It was not a heroic card, but it had 6 strength points. Her words on that card were written as so — “Nilfgaardian mages do have a choice: servile submission, or the gallows.”

That sentence was enough to show the expectations Emperor Emhyr had for his mages. If they did not bow, they were as good as dead.

Cahir’s elite division was small, so his sorceress would not be the most adept. She was much weaker than Princess Olivia, which also meant that she could not open a portal.

Nevertheless, she felt the essence of a portal lingering in the air and informed Cahir that Queen Calanthe had fled through a portal.

Never once did it cross his mind that it was Olivia who did it. Cahir discussed the matter with his grandmother’s apprentice and made a conclusion—

The Cintra Kingdom had fallen. Queen Calanthe had abandoned her people in cowardice. Princess Olivia had sworn to live and die with the Cintra Kingdom. She was knocked out by the closure of the escape portal before she managed to commit suicide by jumping off the tower.

Case solved!

When they looked at the unconscious Princess Olivia, there was nothing in their eyes but utmost respect.

Translation Note:

[1] Lolicon (ロリコン rorikon), also romanized as lolikon or rorikon, is Japanese discourse or media focusing on the attraction to young or prepubescent girls. The term lolicon is a portmanteau of the phrase “Lolita complex”;[1] it describes an attraction to young or prepubescent girls, an individual with such an attraction, or lolicon manga or lolicon anime, a genre of manga and anime wherein childlike female characters are often depicted in an “erotic-cute” manner (also known as ero kawaii), in an art style reminiscent of the shōjo manga (girls’ comics) style.

[2] Assire var Anahid was a mage in the Nilfgaardian Empire’s service who hailed originally from Vicovaro. She was a sister of Eviva, aunt of Mawr and Cinead var Anahid as well as grandaunt of Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach.

Assire was a founding member of the Lodge of Sorceresses and remained a member along with Fringilla Vigo, also in service of the Empire. She took advantage of Carthia van Canten’s relationship with the head of Nilfgaardian Secret Service, Vattier de Rideaux, and used it to spy on him.

She was also known for helping Imperator Emhyr var Emreis with military operations during the war. Even though Assire was a Nilfgaardian sorceress, she and Eviva had a Nordling blood. She also owned a black cat called Merlin.

[3] Mawr was the wife of seneschal Ceallach and the mother of Aillil, Cahir, and Dheran. She was also the niece of Assire var Anahid through her mother, Eviva.